Mid-west reserves
Hamelin Reserve extends the Shark Bay World Heritage Area, completing a connected corridor of nature reserves via Toolonga Nature Reserve, through crown land to Eurardy and then Kalbarri National Park – a span of over 200km.
Charles Darwin
Established: 2003
Area: 68,600 ha
Location: 355km north east of Perth
Named in honour of the great naturalist, this reserve lies on the northern edge of the WA wheat belt and extends into the more arid Eremean Province to the north, falling largely within the Southwest Botanical Province – an internationally recognised biodiversity ‘hotspot’.
Charles Darwin Reserve
Eurardy
Established: 2005
Area: 30,050 ha
Location: 145km north of Geraldton
Land clearing and the insidious spread of salinity have devastated much of this region, making the remaining bushland on Eurardy exceptionally important for species such as the nationally vulnerable Malleefowl.
Eurardy Reserve
Hamelin Station
Established: 2015
Area: 202,644 ha
Location: 250km north of Geraldton
Abutting the shore of Hamelin Pool and the Shark Bay World Heritage Area, Hamelin Station is a former sheep station of exceptional conservation importance.
Hamelin Station ReserveSouth-west reserves
With the exception of Kojonup, our south-west reserves are between the Fitzgerald River and Stirling Range National Parks. These Fitz-Stirling reserves are part of an ambitious connectivity project called GondwanaLink, that aims to create a 1,000km stretch of native vegetation from the karri forests of the south-west to the Great Western Woodlands around Kalgoorlie.
Beringa
Established: 2007
Area: 1,142 ha
Location: 380km south east of Perth
Beringa plays a critical role in protecting mallet and moort woodlands, which are vulnerable to frequent fires. It also protects some of the most important intact riparian (creekside) land in the region.
Beringa Reserve
Chereninup
Established: 2002
Area: 897 ha
Location: 430km south east of Perth
Part of a vital habitat link between the Fitzgerald River and Stirling Range national parks. Three woodland types almost eliminated from the WA wheat belt region are protected: york gum, flat-topped yate and granite sheoak.
Chereninup Creek Reserve
Ediegarrup
Established: 2022
Area: 1,067 ha
Location: 140km north east of Albany
Alongside Red Moort Reserve, nearby Corackerup Creek and partner Chingarrup Sanctuary, Ediegarrup contributes to a conservation corridor and provides critical habitat for Malleefowl, Tammar and Black-gloved Wallabies, and nationally threatened Carnaby’s Black Cockatoos.
Ediegarrup Reserve
Kojonup
Established: 1996
Area: 389 ha
Location: 270km south east of Perth
The largest protected area of wandoo woodlands in the region, it shows us what this country was like before the destructive policies of the 1960s, when a million acres of WA bushland a year was burned, buried and bulldozed for broad-acre farming.
Kojonup Reserve
Monjebup
Established: 2007
Area: 2,128 ha
Location: 430km south east of Perth
The Monjebup and Monjebup North reserves protect a significant patch of bushland that’s critical to restoring and relinking the landscape between the Stirling Range and Fitzgerald River national parks.
Monjebup Reserve
Red Moort
Established: 2014
Area: 1,042 ha
Location: 130km north east of Albany
Protects some of the area’s most at‑risk plant communities including mallee heath and yate woodlands. Home, also, to the Michael Tichbon Field Station - our headquarters in the region.
Red Moort ReserveWA Aboriginal partnerships
Our Aboriginal partners in Western Australia care for vast landscapes. The combined total area that we’re helping to protect through these partnerships is over 3.8 million hectares!
Birriliburu
Established: 2011
Area: 300,000 ha
Location: 500km SE of of Port Headland
The Birriliburu Indigenous Protected Area covers 6.6 million hectares in the Little Sandy and Gibson Deserts – roughly the same size as Tasmania. The Traditional Owners are the Martu people who’ve established a ranger program.
Birriliburu partnership
Bunuba
Established: 2014
Area: 650,000 ha
Location: North of Fitzroy Crossing
Bunuba country is in the central-west Kimberley surrounding the township of Fitzroy Crossing and including Giekie Gorge, Tunnel Creek and Windjana Gorge National Parks.
Bunuba partnership
Karajarri
Established: 2019
Partnership area: 2.1 million ha
Location: 190km south of Broome
Known as the gateway to the Kimberley, Karajarri Country comprises Jurarr (coastal country), and Pirra (inland country) including red dunes of the Great Sandy Desert. Supporting more Karajarri women to work on country is the main focus of our partnership.
Karajarri partnership
Wunambal Gaambera
Established: 2011
Area: 759,806 ha
Location: 600km north east of Derby
The land and waters of the Wunambal Gaambera people covers an incredible 2.5 million hectares of white sandy beaches, rocky escarpments and rugged gorges. We’ve helped create a Healthy Country Plan and worked on the ground with traditional owners and rangers.
Wunambal Gaambera partnership